It was always tasks reaching obsolescence, but now it’s the human organism. But the human as a unit is the only known conscious being in the universe, the only entity capable of generating meaningful goals (even if only to them) not related to the 4fs.
Humans were just not needed anymore, and it terrifies.
What are "4fs"? Is that the "4X" e.g. games where you eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate?
Other beings than humans have demonstrated consciousness and “meaningful” goals besides humans. Crows for instance, but there are many others.
Humans were never needed (for what?)